Opinion

For children and vulnerable adults, some level of state-enforced restriction can be benign

As well as local polls, Britain should have been holding a general election this week. What happened?

How does this government’s collapse compare with the death throes of previous administrations?

You only have to look out of the window to realise that the state is going to have to do a lot more – and do it as soon as possible

After years of false starts, the Channel Tunnel opened 30 years ago this week. Yet Brexit shows that it has failed to bring us closer to Europe

The tension felt by New Yorkers in the wake of Trump’s trial is a constant reminder of what is at stake for the country in November

Protesters at the Paris Institute of Political Studies have taken a leaf out of Columbia University’s book

During their party conference, the AfD wallowed in self-pity but it was entirely self-inflicted

Yotam Ottolenghi might be getting close to Jamie Oliver territory and that’s OK by me. He’s earned it

A man who has been the cause of Brexit would, if he had any sense of honour, creep away and stay away

As Keir Starmer tries to redefine what it means to be English, Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears ask what really lies behind our patriotic political myths

Welcome to the Sevington Inland Border Facility, the Brexiteers’ gift to Britain

Younger generations are paying the price for Rishi Sunak’s stubbornness and pride

The Spanish prime minister took five days off to ponder his future – before deciding to carry on as before

Humza Yousaf played a tough hand badly, but his party’s problems are deeper than just one man

Humza Yousaf tried to steamroll the SNP’s coalition partner. It cost him his career

During WWII, top-secret Operation Danegeld brought huge amounts of precision equipment from surrounded Switzerland to help Britain’s war effort

Even with planned changes to the sponsorship rules, the risk of exploitation among care workers will remain

In Italy, one famous Neapolitan pizzaiolo is daring to change the city’s view of putting pineapple on pizza

Spaniards view the prime minister’s announcement as the latest of his electoral strategies

In post-Brexit Britain, money is tight and the future is scarily uncertain for the agriculture sector

New Order’s Bernard Sumner has nailed the problem with British politics

An evening spent waiting for the president and Air Force One was not the experience I anticipated

Westminster gossip says the prime minister is planning to go to the country on Monday

The appeal of brutal Moscow governments is nothing new

Is crying such a bad thing? I’ve been doing a lot of it recently, for reasons regular readers will be aware of, and it never ceases to help

Quo Vadis is fun but Rossellini's neorealism showed us Rome as it was

In 1974, Portugal had the lowest wages and highest illiteracy in western Europe. Then came the Carnation Revolution

The Mail claims that NHS funding rises prove Brexit’s most notorious slogan was right. They’re wrong again

Worrying stories about UPFs are everywhere. But the truth is more complex than the headlines suggest

As a queer woman, I feel my identity is as important as anyone else’s. Yet where is my place of safety?